Transport Update

Bihar govt proposes airports

July 2015

The state government proposes to construct airports at Darbhanga and Purnia besides expanding Patna airport. The state government has provided land for expansion of Patna airport as per the aviation ministry request but nothing has happened. As reported, the state made land available for airport at Bihta, in south Patna and 1,500 acre between Pawapuri and Nalanda, but things did not materialise at the Centre´s end.